You can see the interview without having to go anywhere near Facebook at this
link:
https://archive.org/details/20030322-bbs-sheetz
I fondly remember many a Sunday afternoon copying RTTY Pix on my old Model 19
and 28 using an ST-6 decoder back in the 70's.
John talks about a RTTY Art contest.... I actually entered one in 1977 and even
found a website with an archive of old artwork that
had my entry! Not very good, but it was fun trying it out. I believe I copied
some pix directly from Don, WA6PIR (mentioned in the
interview), but by far most of my copy was from WA0CKY (Ricky) somewhere in the
mid-west. Still have a box of paper tapes in the
attic somewhere! All the old equipment is gone, except for a Kleinschmidt (SIC)
machine. Used ro have reperfs and standalone
tape readers. I miss the smell of machine oil and the wastebasket full of chad
from the tape punch!
I learned a lot from the interview about how WA6PIR created his artwork. I
often wondered how he did it so well.
A nice nostalgic look at my past. Worth a look-see for any old timers out
there, or any 'youngsters' who were wondering how RTTY
got started.
73 Bob WB2COY
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